Editorial on Wheat Farm Support and Acreage Idling Policy
The piece analyzes Carter administration options to stabilize U.S. wheat farming amid large surpluses. It weighs buyout, financial cushions, or letting producers fail, and endorses a 20 percent idling of 1978 acres with limited compensation, hoping to reduce harvests to 1.8 billion bushels while preserving global food stocks. It notes past subsidies and cites Canada and Australia joining restraint efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Congress
Washington
U.S
Canada
Australia
America Faces Metric Conversion Delays and Policy Gaps
The piece argues that despite broad US use of metric measures, federal action lags. It notes the stalled 1975 Metric Conversion Act and unconfirmed Metric Board appointments under Carter, risking reduced Europe trade as Canada moves to kilometers and Celsius. It urges the President to appoint the board and coordinate a national conversion program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
U.S
Uncle Sam
Ford
Senate
Carter
U.S. Highway Administration
Canada
U.S. Weather Service
Metric Board
America
Elephants lead to Livingston win in Louisiana district
The Louisiana race sees Republican Bob Livingston win a long Democratic seat in a state where three of eight representatives are GOP. Analysts note his nonpartisan stance aided by an independent black candidate and discuss changing party dynamics and implications for old guard Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Livingston
Congress
Louisiana
Livingston
New Orleans
Fort Robinson park criticized for rude treatment and misused funds
A Nebraska reader laments Fort Robinson Park as a state treasure mismanaged by Vince Rotherham. The letter cites tourism value and historical roles while recounting a rude incident after a broken window and requests accountability and improved security for visitors and families.
Notable UNL Junior Olympics Staff Dedication Observed
Lincoln writer recounts enthusiasm and sacrifice of UNL Junior Olympics staff on August 13 and 14. A high school junior observed a capable, unpaid training team working overtime including a trainer remaining with an injured athlete at a hospital emergency ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNL
Bobi den Hartog
Lincoln
Carter meets NOW and backs ERA in Rose Garden
The article portrays President Carter meeting in the Rose Garden with NOW leaders and pledging support for the ERA. It portrays him as aligning with liberal factions and warns against perceived socialist drift led by his administration and Tri-Lateral Commission associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carter
Rose Garden
Bert Lance
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Editorials Above Are The Journal Opinion
The Journal notes that the editorials reflect the newspaper's viewpoint, not official policy or statements from external parties. Readers are invited to consider the arguments and form their own judgments on current issues.
TV and Euthanasia Debates Spark UK Moral Dilemma
A 1976 British nursing home scene shows a daughter urging her 87 year old mother to take a death by own action dose, filmed by police and aired in a TV documentary. The piece weighs death by own action privacy and surveillance, contrasting British norms with American law, and argues TV should illuminate but not trivialize such acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yolande McShane
Christian Barnard
Marius
America
McShane
George Orwell
Oswald Mosley
Michael Deakin
Rosalynn Carter as political partner shapes Carter era
Analysis argues first ladies influence policy and staff but not ultimate boss. Rosalynn Carter is described as a political partner who participates in strategy sessions, advocates in Latin America, and helps shape decisions such as education, arts funding, and personnel choices. The piece compares her role to past first ladies and notes public curiosity and guarded White House discussions.
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J. F. terHorst
Rosalynn Carter
Betty Ford
Pat Nixon
Lady Bird Johnson
Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Mrs. Carter
Martha Washington
Abigail Adams
LBJ
Gerald Ford
Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR
Latin America
Carter
Hemisphere
Universal Press Syndicate
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Journal-Star Printing Co
Neb
United States
Dixie
Fort Robinson
U.S. Cavalry
Vince Rotherham
Nebraska
State of
Mrs
Jesse B. Carraway
Lakewood, Colo
Fantastic Staff
South
By Max Lerner
Los Angeles Times
San
White House
Soviet Union
Rosalynn
Secretary Blank
Georgia Days
Jackie Kennedy
Doonesbury
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